Rossignol-Trapet - Chapelle-Chambertin 2018 (750ml)

2018 Chapelle-Chambertin- Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
The warm microclimate of Chapelle-Chambertin has produced the highest octane wine in the Rossignol brothers’ cellars this year, but at 13.7 percent, this is a relatively low octane wine
by the standards of the vintage! The bouquet is deep, ripe and precise, wafting from the glass in a
fine blend of red plums, red and black cherries, a touch of nutskin, a complex base of soil, lovely
spice tones redolent of fresh nutmeg and clove and a bit of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is
deep, full-bodied and beautifully soil-driven in personality (particularly for a wine with such
gorgeous fruit!), with a sappy core, ripe, well-integrated tannins and a long, poised and nascently
complex finish. This is properly structured and will need plenty of the time in the cellar to reach
its apogee, but it will be well worth the wait! 2035-2080. 94+

A View from The Cellar John Gillman Nov/Dev 2019 #84
Domaine Rossignol-Trapet (Gevrey-Chambertin)
The Rossignol brothers have made excellent 2018s, with a sense of elegance and
classical balance that was not easy to find in this hot second half of summer. They had their
teams out picking in their parcels in Beaune on September 4th and in Gevrey starting on
September 5th, and reported that their yields ended up the same in 2018 as in the previous
vintage! As Nicolas Rossignol observed, “we had more grapes in 2018 than in 2017, but the
berries were smaller this year, so there was less juice” and this is how the yields ended up the
same between the two vintages. The brothers decided to use fifty percent whole clusters in 2018
for all of their wines, as the stems were nicely ripe. Alcohol levels here are all roughly in the low
thirteens up to 13.7 percent for their beautiful Chapelle-Chambertin in 2018, so they are quite
moderate by the standards of 2018, and the wines have a very classical size and shape that
recalls quite a bit the 1999 vintage in terms of sappy fruit and classical expressions of
underlying terroir. Many of the Rossignol brothers’ wines in 2018 are beautifully red fruity in
personality, which was not an easy thing to pull off in the torrid conditions of late August and
early September. I did not taste the micro cuvées of Cherbaudes, Combottes or Corbeaux chez
Rossignol this year, but everything else in the cellar was absolutely singing and this was one of the best stops of my entire trip!

By Tim Atkin MW
Decanter, Burgundy 2018 Vintage Report Gevrey-Chambertin (10/20/2019)
(Domaine Rossignol-Trapet, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, Red) Two parcels of very old vines - one in the En La Chapelle climat, the other in Les Gémeaux - supply the fruit for this spicy, herbal, dark-fruited Chapelle-Chambertin from a site with very little topsoil. Grassy and spicy, it's a wine that has plenty of backbone and the tannins to age. Unusually well structured for a wine from below the Route des Grands Crus, this is a Gevrey to tuck away in your cellar for a while. (Drink between 2023-2033)  96 points

By Allen Meadows
Burghound, Jan-21, Issue #81 (1/21/2021)
(Domaine Rossignol-Trapet Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru Red) A beguiling nose is composed by liqueur-like aromas of various red berries that display top notes of lavender and spice. The medium weight plus flavors possess a mid-palate that combines power with refinement that contrasts with a wonderfully long and very firm if slightly raspy and youthfully austere finish. This graceful effort also will need a few years to unwind and better harmonize but like the Latricières, it seems quite promising. (Drink starting 2036)  93 points